I just got back from San Diego!!! Wowie, and I was there in time for...drum roll please...THE SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL!!! That's right, if you were there on Thursday and you saw the girl that was hyperventilating over the Sailor Moon fansubs and animation cels, THAT WAS ME!!! After all, you don't get stuff like that where I live!!! Now, from all the money I spent, not only am I the proud owner of fansubs of the LAST 10 EPISODES OF SAILOR MOON SAILO9R STARS (WEEP - VERY EMOTIONAL!!) and A SAILOR MOON CEL (woohoo!!! FINALLY!!!!), I am only missing one card out of the base set of 160 for those Sailor Moon RPG/CCG cards. It just happens to be the Negaverse foil card I'm looking for... ^.^;; Well, in my euphoria I forgot half of what happened to me...My sister has told me earfuls...and I have the 10th episode! Trust me, the next two will be...somewhat wierd...but in the meantime, enjoy (while my hunt for that foil card continues)!

-Jessica

"...tune...Neptune."

Neptune's eyes fluttered. She was in her room, and Haruka and Knuckles were standing over her.

"Haruka..."

"She's waking up." Knuckles rubbed his head. "I guess that's a good thing."

"What happened?" Neptune sat herself up. "Where did that monster go?"

"We killed it."

"That's wonderful." Neptune looked at Haruka. "Is Tails all right?"

"Tails wasn't even in the battle. But," Haruka looked at Knuckles, "we found his guardian."

"You...found Knuckles' guardian?" Neptune quickly untransformed into Michiru. "Who was it?"

"Michiru..." Haruka drew in breath. "It's Pluto."

Michiru's eyes grew wide, and her face became pale with shock.

"Setsuna?"

"Yes. She's alive." Haruka took out a piece of paper. "She gave me this."

"It..." Michiru read it over. "It says to meet her down in Creecreeopolis. Tomorrow at three thrity."

"That's in three hours."

"What?!" Michiru looked at Haruka, shocked. "But it's midnight!"

"Exactly. Three thirty in the morning."

"Good god." Michiru slumped down in the bed.

"Don't worry." Knuckles crossed his arms. "I'll take care of Tails. I don't think that anyone is stupid enough to attack right now."

"That's not it," Michiru objected. "How in the world are we going to get past the school guards? They ensure that we don't leave."

"We can do it." Haruka opened a window. "Let's just get down there first!"

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Up in the red light, Melana sat down. Standing over her was Mahjong, frowning.

"So, there's a thrid sailor now." A hologram appeared to reveal Sailor Pluto. "Might I ask what you plan to do about it?"

"Sir," Melana replied, "I'm not sure."

"Well," Mahjong snapped, "you had better figure something out!"

Mahjong disappeared from sight. From behind Melana, the two shadows chuckled.

"Well, looks like you have a dilemmia on your hands, Melana." The taller shadow mused.

"Hmph!" Melana turned to them. "Why don't you try to attack them, Ayala?

You'll see just how easy they are."

"Oh, I couldn't possibly. I'm not assigned to it. Can you, Tiara?"

"No," the much shorter shadow replied. "I can't say I can."

"But if you would like some help," Ayala continued, "we can. I can combine one of my monster seeds with yours to make a supermonster."

"Do you really want to?"

"I do."

"Fine, then." Melana held out a seed. "Do whatever."

Ayala's shadow took out a seed. The two seeds floated up and melded together, making a huge superseed.

"There." The seed disappeared. "If that doesn't work, I don't know what will." Ayala and Tiara's shadows then disappeared. "Good luck."

"See you, girls." Melana took the jar of almond dust and disappeared.

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Down in the streets of Creecreeopolis, Michiru and Haruka walked. They were near the Monolith, which glittered even under the massive Egg Base.

"That place," Michiru commented, "is huge."

"Yeah..." Haruka's head was down.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Haruka turned to Michiru. "It's just Sonic."

"What about him?"

"He seemed hostile to us. That's all."

"That's not all you are thinking, Haruka. Tell me, what is it?"

"Well," Haruka hesitated. "Tails got a phone call from Sonic. He had asked about where he was."

"Well," Michiru gave a bitter chuckle. "He's that kind of person. Always watching out for him, even at the cost of smothering him."

"It didn't end there, Michiru. When Tails asked what he meant, Sonic said he didn't remember signing any papers or sending him to school."

"What?" Michiru was shocked. "Is he on drugs or something?"

"I...don't know. But..his conduct is very strange." They walked down a new side road. "Frightening."

They turned left on the road, and they found themselves in front of Magic Cups.

"I wonder." Haruka looked up to the third floor. "What does Sonic think in his dreams?"

"Sailors."

The new voice caused them to jump back. They turned to face Setsuna as the wind began to pick up.

"Neptune. Uranus." Setsuna said in a quiet voice.

"Setsuna..." Michiru's eyes grew wide. Tears started to welt up, but she forced them back. "Is it really you?"

"Yes. It is." Setsuna looked up at the third story.

"How, though?" Michiru looked her missing partner up and down. "You had died when you stopped time. You said youself that you were going to die-"

"I had died," Setuna replied, "But some who wished to reward my determination brought me back. It was the queen who gave me a new life to fight alongside you."

The two gasped.

"You mean...Sailor Moon...?" Haruka couldn't believe it.

"In the future." Setsuna looked over to the Monolith. "When she became Neo-Queen Selenity."

"Huh?" Michiru looked up.

A white cloth was thrown out of a window. Nathan quietly slipped down the window and to the ground.

"Hey, guys!" Nathan quietly greeted them. "Yo, who's that?"

"The third sailor." Uranus looked at Setsuna. "This is Setsuna Meiou."

"Wow, there's more of you." Nathan looked at them. "Pretty cool."

"Nathan," Michiru asked. "Have you seen anything bizarre with Sonic?"

"Well, other than the fact that he's been having some kind of mind fart, nothing else."

"Hmmm..." Haruka thought. "Something must be causing this erratic behavior in the hedgehog. Hostile one moment, then he forgets everything."

"Do you believe," Michiru asked, "if it could be the enemy?"

"Maybe." Haruka looked to Nathan. "What else has he been doing?"

"Nothing. Other than those fits. I mean, it really is kind of worrying

Manic and Rotor from what I can tell."

"The walrus and the green hedgehog?" Setsuna replied. "They are indeed very concerned for their friend. Their fears are well warranted because, in fact, it is the enemy that has been poisoning Sonic and using him as a unwitting spy."

The two sailors gasped.

"So, my premonition was right!" Haruka swore. "Dammit! Why didn't I pursue it before?"

"You wouldn't have, and still won't be able to. Our main mission is to protect this city." Setauna turned to Nathan. "But, you can help us lighten our workload. Tell Manic and Rotor when you see them next to keep an eye on Sonic at all times. Bug him, follow him, do something or whatever, but tell them not to let him out of their sights for a moment. It should downplay the amount of times the enemy tries to use him. Also tell them not to tell Sonic.

You yourself shouldn't tell Tails."

"Oh, no, I won't," Nathan promised. "Besides, I've got more important things to do..." he suddenly ran off in another direction as he spoke, "like finding this city's Freedom Fighters so I can join! I'll see you guys!"

The three watched as he ran off. In the far distance, over the mountains and under the shadow of the Egg Base, the sun started to rise.

"We had better leave, and meet Tails and Knuckles before we're seen."

Setsuna motioned the two to follow her. They walked away from Magic Cups.

From Nathan's window, a figure dashed down the cloth ladder and zipped out of sight.

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"Hmmmm...mmmmmm.mmm..." Knuckles turned on the Bunsen Burner at full blast.

"Let's see now..."

He took out a marshmallow and started to cook it. Over at her table, Melanie stared at him, her face slightly blushed.

"So strange...I feel something about him..."

"Hey!" the lab teacher saw what Knuckles was doing and marched over there. "You can't do that! That's not allowed!"

"I'm finished with my lab. I have nothing better to do," Knuckles took his marshmallow out of the flame. It was almost black.

"How can I believe that?!" the teacher stormed. "You've only been given the lab three minutes ago! How-"

Knuckles pointed to his lab. The teacher looked at it and turned white with shock. It was all finished, and even the conclusion was written.

"Uh.....I,uh..." the teacher was speechless.

"Now, I'm busy, so leave me alone." Knuckles chucked the black marshmallow into a garbage can and took out a bag of marshmallows. "You made me burn a perfectly good marshmallow for no reason."

The teacher, fully embarrassed, stormed away from his table.

"Hmmm..." Melanie thought. "What a strange guy..."

"Hmph!" Melanie turned to see a redhead girl chuckling at her. "What do you think you're doing?"

"What do you mean, what do you think I'm doing?" Melanie's expression darkened.

"You're trying to hit on that echidna, aren't you?" The redhead girl smirked.

"I saw you when you talked to him yesterday. Smooth of you to stutter. Just wanted you to know."

The redhead girl laughed and left the table. Melanie angrily glared at her as she left. Her eyes flashed, and all of a sudden the Bunsen Burner that the girl sat at burst into flames. The flame caught the redhead girl's arm, setting it ablaze.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" she screamed.

"Oh my..."the teacher turned pale again, then suddenly ran out the door. "CALL THE NURSE! THERE'S A FIRE!!"

"Heheh..." Melanie thought. "No one approaches me like that and gets away with it!"

Knuckles' head swerved around. He suddenly took an Erlenmeyer flask and filled it with water. He just as quickly took off his left glove and jumped over to where the fire and screaming girl were. He threw the water at the Bunsen Burner as he took his glove and slapped it onto the girl's arm. He patted the girl's arm down until the fire was extinguished.

"Oh!?" Melanie's eyes grew wide. "What is he doing?"

Seeing that the fire was not completely extinguished, Knuckles ran over to the wall and smashed in the emergency glass. He took the water bottle out and sprayed it onto the table until the fire was completely put out. The room was filled with smoke.

"Ahh...Ahh..." the red girl's face was filled with shock as she looked at her now charred arm.

"Don't worry," Knuckles assured her. "Just calm down. The teacher's getting a nurse."

Students from various classes started to gather around the room. The hall was filling with smoke.

"What's going on here?"

"Was there a fire?"

"Hey! Who stinks?"

Melana angrily looked on the amazed students. During the confusion in the classroom she had teleported away from the scene.

"So, Knuckles has affections for that girl?" She took out the superseed.

"I'll get her for taking his attention away from me!"

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Nathan quietly peered out into the street. There was a bustling crowd, waiting for a fish market to open.

"Hmmm..." Nathan thought. "If I was a Freedom Fighter...what would I look like?

Hmmmm...they're not stupid enough to wear tattoos or anything...what would a Freedom Fighter look like?"

"Hello."

"UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" Nathan jumped up in shock and turned around.

"Hey, hey!" Sonic put his hand on Nathan's mouth. "I don't want her to hear me."

"Her?" Nathan looked confused. "What? Is Sonia here?! I'm not supposed to be here either-"

"Not her." Sonic looked incredibly worried. "I'm talking about someone else."

"Who?"

Sonic looked around to make sure no one was listening. Then he lowered his voice.

"The woman that's been stalking me. She's been doing strange things."

"Huh?" It occurred to Nathan. "You mean-"

"Look, I think she's after Tails. That's why she must be using me...by hypnotizing me, or putting a spell or something on me." Sonic rubbed his head. "Whatever she did, it just wore off and I don't seem to remember much of it either."

"I don't believe it. So you know?!" Nathan shook his head. "Damn, Haruka told me not to tell you."

"Haruka? Who's Haruka?" Sonic whispered.

"Hey...she's a friend of Tails'. They're up in this school in the Robotropolis Egg Base."

"So I've been told." Sonic looked at Nathan. "But look, if and when we get to this...school? why in hell would they have a school in Eggman's place is beyond me...but don't tell Tails that I've been used or anything, and definitely don't tell him I'm up there. I don't know if he's mad at me or not..."

"Hey, no problem, Sonic, I'll help you..." Nathan put his finger up before Sonic could say anything, "but on one condition."

"Depends. I don't have to kill myself for no reason or anything stupid like that?"

"No, but you have to help me find the base of the city's Freedom Fighters so I can join."

"Ummm..." Sonic looked at Nathan. "The Freedom Fighters?"

"Yeah."

"You want to become a Freedom Fighter?"

"Yeah. What's the problem?"

"It's just that..." Sonic looked at him. "You don't look like someone who would be an effective Freedom Fighter. No offense, but they might not accept you."

"Well, at least it's a better reason than what Sonia gave me last night.

She told me that they...uh...well, it's really disgusting."

"Fine. I don't want to hear it. I just want to get to where Tails is."

"Ok. Just let's get out o-"

While Nathan had spoken, he had walked out into the street. Suddenly, he walked into an oncoming figure. They collided and fell.

"Aaah!!" Nathan flew up, arms flailing. They fell to the ground, and Nathan was on top of the figure.

"Nathan!!" Sonic slapped his hand to his forehead.

"Doof!" Nathan hit his arm. "Ooh...I'm sorry..."

"Nnngh..." the voice of the figure was female.

Sonic rushed over and pulled Nathan and the woman apart.

"Are you okay, miss?"

"Woah!" The girl rubbed her head. "I think I'm fine. What about that boy?"

Sonic stopped and stared at the girl. She had red hair, brownish skin, and big blue eyes. She wore a dark green private school blazer and a skirt.

Sonic felt his face flush.

"Woah..." Suddenly the thought of French horns. He closed his eyes in thought. "That is a picture..."

"Ummm..." The girl looked up to Sonic. "The boy?"

Sonic opened his eyes, and their eyes locked. They stared at each other for about a minute, without speaking to each other. Meanwhile, Nathan slowly got up.

"Well, I'm fine, how about you..." he turned to see the two staring at each other. "Ummm...hello?"

A hand suddenly came onto Nathan's shoulder. He gave a yip and turned to see a skunk.

"Excuse me."

"Hey! Ho! That is a nasty surprise there!" Nathan protested. He covered his nose.

The skunk went over to Sonic and the girl.

"Ahem..."

"Huh?" The two jerked out of their daze and looked up.

"Oh!" The girl's face turned red. "Sorry, St. John, I just ran into-"

"I saw what happened." The skunk turned to Sonic. "Well?"

"Yes?"

"You could help her up."

"Oh. Whoops!" Sonic turned red in embarrassment. He helped the girl up to her feet. "Sorry, miss."

"It's okay." The girl smiled. "I'm fine."

"We have to hurry." The skunk led the girl away. "Thanks."

The skunk escorted the girl away. Sonic kept looking on.

"Uh, Sonic?" Nathan rolled her eyes. "Stop staring at her butt."

"No, no," Sonic shook her head. "I thought at first she was a squirrel, but...she has a chipmunk tail."

"That's all? You looked like you were staring at her butt."

"Nathan...you are so demented." Sonic rolled his eyes in despair. "I seriously wonder what Tails saw in you."

They walked off. Behind them was a short man with no hair on top of his head, buying a radio.

"That'll be an extra amount of money for that one, sir."

"Right, then. I'll take it, no matter what it's cost. Simply bill it to my credit card."

"Very well, sir..."

In a few minutes, the radio was in the man's hands as he walked down the street, his face set with a menacing grin.

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"In a constituent situation, an isosceles triangle can in fact form two angles over 90 degrees," the teacher droned. "Then, you-"

The door flew open. The teacher was thrown down to the ground.

"What is this?!?!" The teacher jumped back up. "Who is-"

He stopped and looked up. In front of him was a ten-foot tall blue monster with flaming tentacles.

"Aaaaaaaah!!!" The teacher screamed. The students screamed as well and escaped through the window as the teacher is picked up.

"Where is she?" The monster sneered. "Where's the girl?!"

"Huh? What girl?!" The teacher started to panic. "I don't know any girl!"

"Lying bastard!!" The monster snapped the teacher's neck and threw him to the floor. "I'll find the girl myself!"

It walked out into the hallway. Melana appeared in front of it.

"Really, Bunsenuu." Melana gave a huff. "You should save your violence for that girl. She's the one I want dead."

"And the boy? What do you want me to do with freak fox child?" Bunsenuu's tentacles flared up.

"I want you to get him, but since the master wants him alive and unharmed I guess you're not allowed to kill him." Melana looked over to the nearby classrooms, where classes had already fled.

"Dammit!" Bunsenuu swore.

"Don't worry," Melana quickly reassured the monster. "You can still kill the Sailors if you can."

"Great!!" An evil smile broke out on the monster's face. "I get to fry em!"

"That's right! But only if they get in your way. Now," Melana pointed.

"Down those stairs is the nurse's office. I want you to go to that office and get the girl!"

"Yes, sir!!!" The monster flew over to the stairs, smashing walls as it did.

"Now," Melana mused happily, "I shall be the only rival for Knuckles' heart...!"

The monster jumped to the first floor. Students turned to see a huge giant barreling towards them, and they screamed and fled.

"Come on, girl!!!" Bunsenuu savagely slammed through walls and doors.

"Where's the nurse?!"

"Yes?" The nurse's head peeked out from a nearby door. "What is it?"

The nurse looked up and screamed. Bunsenuu fired a blast of flame at the teacher but missed her. The nurse ran out of the building.

"Yes!!!" Bunsenuu clenched it's fists.

In the nurse's office, Knuckles jumped up when he saw the flame.

"Holy smokes!!" He exclaimed. "A monster!!"

"Knuckles!" The girl cried out. "Please protect me."

Bunsennu burst in.

"There you are!!" It roared as it reached out for the girl. "I'm going to fry you for offending us!!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!" The girl covered her eyes.

Knuckles suddenly jumped over and caught the girl in his arms. The hand slammed down on the bed, but it missed the two. The bed burst into flames on contact.

"Damn you!!" Bunsennu prepared to charge after Knuckles and the girl, only to see that they had disappeared. "Where are you?! Little gnat! I'll tear this school down to find you!"

As the monster charged off, Knuckles' head appeared on the windowsill.

"The monster's gone," he assured the frightened girl. "Stay under that tree until I come to get you, okay?"

"Okay," the girl sniffed.

Knuckles jumped back into the nurse's office and turned on his watch.

"Hey, Sailors!" he yelled into the watch. "If you haven't figured out by now, there is a monster in this school!"

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Michiru was doing a playback of a song she recorded on Tails' machine to Setsuna.

"Isn't that incredible?" The song finished. "The clarity on this thing is wonderful. I did Debussy's 'Claire de Lune' without having to worry about the sound quality." Michiru picked it up. "Of course…the enemy would want him for his ingenuity, and yet why they would pick such a young boy is beyond me."

"There's something deeper within Tails," Setsuna commented, "than just mechanical ingenuity."

"Huh?" Michiru looked up to Setsuna. "What do you mean?"

Suddenly, Setsuna's communicator beeped. Setauna quickly picked it up.

"Setsuna!" Knuckles' face appeared. "It's about time that you-"

"Don't worry," Setsuna assured him. "We'll be right there."

Knuckles surprised expression gave way to static.

"Hurry." Setsuna took Michiru by the hand. "We have no time to waste."

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"Can't this thing go any faster?" Nathan pondered. "I wonder..."

Sonic and Nathan were on a ship heading for the Egg Base. Sonic was silently looking out the window.

"I just can't quite shake the feeling," Nathan commented, "that something is going to happen up on the Egg Base. I don't know about you, but that's what I think."

Sonic kept staring out the window. Suddenly he jumped back.

"STOP!" he screamed.

"Huh?!" Nathan jumped back in time to see a disappearing silhouette.

"What the hell?!"

"Thank god," Sonic said gratefully, "she didn't get me this time!"

"That was the woman?!" Nathan couldn't believe it. Sonic nodded. "Well, at least she didn't get you this time is right. She looked pretty scary."

"Yeah." Sonic wiped his brow.

Over the ship, Melana clenched her open fist, a pot in the other.

"Dammit! This can't be!" Melana thought to herself. "If he knows...it will all be over!"

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"Come on!"

"Hurry! It's coming!!"

Bunsenuu lashed out at various students, burning them or choking them.

Melana suddenly appeared.

"Bunsenuu!" she ordered. "Stop killing them! We can't afford to be found!"

"I'll do what I feel like doing!" Suddenly Bunsenuu's tentacles flared. It blasted away a wall, causing it to disintegrate.

"Why you..." Melana clenched her fists. "You treacherous-"

"I'm a monster grown from a superseed!!" The monster laughed. "I'm not afraid of any sailors, and I'm not afraid of you, master!"

"Did someone say they weren't afraid of Sailors?" Suddenly, Sailor Uranus appeared. "Someone is probably high on drugs!"

"What?!" Melana couldn't believe it. "You again?!"

"Oh? Bunsenuu turned around to face the new arrival. "And why should I be afraid?"

"Because you're about to face a champion of love and justice!" Uranus replied. "For this planet, the magnificent fighter Sailor Uranus!"

"AHA!!" Bunsenuu threw its tentacles at Uranus. "So you're one of those Sailors!"

The tentacles blasted large balls of fire. Uranus dodged all of them and flipped to her feet. The flames fell into the walls, and the school caught on fire!

"Pretty fast for a mortal!" Bunsenuu's tentacles split in half. "But let's see you try this!"

In rapid machine gun style Bunsenuu fired off fire rounds. Soon, Uranus couldn't dodge all of them and she was burnt in the arm.

"Aaaaaaah!!!" She screamed in pain.

"Haha!!" Bunsenuu laughed. "Not even a speedy sailor can kill me off, eh?"

A large water ball suddenly slammed into Bunsenuu. It seeped through its coating and put out the fires.

"Noooooo!!!" Bunsenuu moaned. It tried to relight its fires but was unable to. "This can't be! I have the superseed!"

"You superseed is nothing to sailor power!" Sailor Neptune and Sailor Pluto appeared. "For love and justice, the elegant fighter Sailor Neptune!"

"The reforming fighter, Sailor Pluto!"

"Not this time!" Melana flew up to the ceiling. Neptune and Pluto looked up.

"You're not making me fail this time!"

"Let's hurry and destroy her now!" Pluto took her rod. "Dead Scream!"

"Deep Submerge!"

The two attacks leaped towards Melana. She took her hands, and a light appeared in the shape of a heart.

"You won't get me with your combined attack! Tell Tale Heart!!"

The heart smashed through the two attacks. Pluto quickly put up a shield. Melana's power exploded around them.

"Damn!" Neptune exclaimed when the dust settled. "She's gone!"

"She's gone back to her master. She used that attack to distract us."

Meanwhile, Bunsenuu was able to light a small flame.

"There!" It pointed towards Neptune and Pluto. "Now, just stand still...huh?"

"World Shaking!"

The attack ripped through the monster. It screamed as it turned to dust. It then re-materialized as a Bunsen Burner and a large seed, which shattered and disappeared.

"Good-bye to that monster," Uranus murmured. "She turned to Neptune. "You water attack weakened it enough to debilitate its' fire powers."

Knuckles and Tails came running down the hall. They screeched to a halt.

"Drat!" Knuckles cursed. "I missed the fight."

"So did I," Tails blushed. "But look! Neptune saved the day."

"Oh she did?" Knuckles looked at Tails slyly. "I think you're just saying that."

The comment made Tails blush harder.

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Back at the red light, Mahjong paced in front of Melana and the shadowed Ayala.

"What fools you are!" she cursed. "Trying to do what you did! I suppose that direct attack and waiting for the sailors won't do any good. We have to somehow get to that boy, the fox, without distracting them too much."

"It's impossible," Melana insisted. "I tried, and they guard him with their lives."

"Maybe you're not trying hard enough," Ayala sneered. "Maybe I should take over and show you how to do it. Eyeing some fool Moebian won't get you anywhere-"

"How dare you!" Melana jumped up.

"SILENCE!!!" Mahjong's voice boomed. The two fell silent. "I will decide who will and won't do what! Melana, you should be happy that the master is giving you one more chance to prove that you are worthy of your mission. If you fail one more time, I can assure you, you will not be so lucky should you return alive!"

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In a shadowed building on the Egg Base, a dark figure places an urn in a tube. He turned to a group of seated men.

"Soon..." The short silhouette mused. "Soon, he shall return to us. The planet shall once again be in grasp!!"

"He'd better," one of the men replied. "We can't wait forever to stamp out the nuisance!!"

"He'll come to us," the short silhouette promised. "You'll get your investment back. Now, go!"

As the men left, the short silhouette chuckled as the urn glowed. Then, he started to laugh manically.

"Tremble in fear, Moebius!!" the sky started to thunder. "Tremble in fear!!"

To be continued...